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Elegant copy of the Dīvān (collected verse and prose) of the Ottoman Grand Vizier and littérateur, Koca Mehmet Ragıp Paşa (d.1763), opening with münşeat. Contribution to the cataloguing from Hossein Mottaghi.

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Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of "منشآت" on fol.1b, consisting of scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in light green, pink, light blue, white, red, and gold on grounds of gold and dark blue, bordered in white, black, gold, red and blue bands, surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and red and set in a well of pink with red accents ; other fine illuminated headpieces at opening of "صلحيه نمچه" on fol.49b, opening of "تقريضات" on fol.69b, opening of "قصائد" on fol.71b, opening of "تخميسات" on fol.79b, and opening of ghazals on fol.84b ; written area surrounded by gold frame, with divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black fillets ; keywords rubricated ; overlining in red ; textual dividers in the form of gold discs.

حركت كردن از شتائيه بطرف صيفيه وبعد ازين نقل كردن بجنات محبوبيه
this words perhaps not blonging to Divan, that is start so
جناب برازنده نه طباق افلاک
جل ذاته عن درک الادراک
and also, this topic is important, you most observe in poems bigining to cut the first line from secend line, i saw to much not so ..